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Let’s get this out of the way since it’s the first thing a lot of people are going to think when they see Steve Carell as John “Eagle” du Pont in “Foxcatcher.” Is John like Gru from the “Despicable Me” movies? No, he is not. Yes, the two characters have a similar proboscis and affected manner of speech, but they are not the same.

First off, John du Pont is a real person, from the famous du Pont family that made a fortune in the chemical industry. Also real in “Foxcatcher” are brothers Mark and David Schultz (Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo), who are both Olympic Gold Medal winners in wrestling.

Getting in a car accident is never fun, but when there are no injuries it can be fun-ny

With wintry snow and ice continuing in many parts of the country, who couldn't use some car collision laughs? Fear not: There's no indication that we're laughing at any severe injuries in the videos below, so you don't have to feel guilty about this guilty pleasure.

Lest my friends and family in the north think I'm championing the virtues of my fellow South Florida drivers, think again. South Florida drivers have no virtues. What you see in these videos happens on a normal day in Miami -- we don't need snow and ice to have a 20 car pile up, thank you.

Remember when Will Smith was box office gold? There was a time – nearly 20 years ago now – when he couldn’t miss, when even if his movie was a dud it still collected prime box office dollars. Then “Hancock” (2008) happened and he hasn’t done anything decent since, and given the mediocrity of “Focus,” expect the downward trend to continue.

Sure, Smith brings his trademark charm to Nicky, a con artist. And the gorgeous Margot Robbie (“The Wolf Of Wall Street”) brings beauty to Jess, an aspiring grifter whom Nicky takes under his wing. There’s no debating they’re both easy on the eyes. Nicky calls grifting “a game of focus” that’s all about getting people’s focus and taking what you want. No doubt this deception is meant to be a metaphor for the film as well, thereby prompting writer/directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) to pull the old switcheroo on the audience in the final moments. The problem is the story lacks so much focus leading up to the finale that when the twist comes we don’t care because we’ve already lost interest.

What happens when we die? Do we see a white light that ushers us to the pearly gates of Heaven? Or do we descend into the fiery pits of Hell? What if there is nothing? This "theological versus scientific" debate is addressed in the resurrection horror film "The Lazarus Effect." Keep this question in mind: "If you could bring someone back from the dead, should you?"

A college research group has been funded to discover a way to prolong life in critical patients in an effort to give doctors an extra chance at curing them. The team of five, including their new videographer Eva (Sarah Bolger), stumbles across an amazing discovery when their Lazarus serum brings a dog back from the dead. Controversy on whether this is ethical is debated among the team. After the University and a Big Pharma company put a halt to the project, and take all of their evidence, the lead doctors decide to try the experiment one last time to record their findings. Tragedy occurs when scientist Zoe (Olivia Wilde) is accidentally killed and, through desperation, becomes the successful but unwilling subject of the experiment. She is brought back by fiance and fellow scientist Frank (Mark Duplass), but something is very wrong and the team discovers what consequences come with playing God.

This video is a bit crude, simplistic and generalized, but I don't think you're being honest with yourself if you don't find a modicum of truth in it. What's more, quality humor finds a way to be real about our misgivings whether we like it or not, so kudos to College Humor for reminding us that we're all, at some point or another, an asshole.

Many of us can remember teachers who pushed our limits to help make us our best. They believed in us, stirred our passions, and taught us to see past our self-imposed limitations. In “Whiplash,” whether or not Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), the most feared and revered instructor/conductor at a prestigious music academy is that type of teacher to young drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) is up for debate.

The core of Fletcher’s method comes from a story about how jazz legend Charlie Parker became a great saxophone player when Jo Jones, drummer for the hugely popular Count Basie Orchestra, threw a cymbal at Parker’s head (it was actually his feet by some counts, and stories like this get embellished quite often). Fletcher is looking for his Charlie Parker.

He does this by keeping constant pressure on his pupils. His methods aren’t just mental and emotional, they’re also physical. Though instead of throwing cymbals, Fletcher throws chairs. He pushed his drummers to play to the tempo he has inside of his head until their hands literally bleed. The question is: Does this man really have a tempo that his students are not performing, or is he doing all of this to push them, test their limits, and see who quits and who carries on?

Wanttobeafilmcritic?

"How do I become a film critic?" is one of the most common questions film critics receive. Here's the best answer I can give you.

1) Don't do it. It's a job of constant pressure, unrelenting deadlines, often little pay and even less gratitude. And think about all the crap you have to sit through ("Sex Tape") -- it's not just about getting to see "The Avengers 2" before all your friends.